On Dec 11, 9:04 pm, Fire Crow <m...@firecrow.com> wrote: > I'm looking for an explanation of how explicit self is implimented and > what features are only possible because of, or are greatly improved, > because of it. I've always liked explicit self and am looking for the > computer science behind it, so that I can explain the benefits that I > see. > > I'm also interested in the files/lines of the python source that shows > how explicit self is implemented if anyone can point out where that > takes place. > > all help welcome
It's not implemented in the compiler. There's a place in the runtime for invoking a method where the object is inserted at the beginning of the parameter list. IIRC, that's done by wrapping the function object. John Roth -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
